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New York Times, Monday, March 7, 2005

Author:
Christina Houlihan Kelly
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Down : Inits. in Navy ship names
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Christina Houlihan Kelly

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Kelly. Monday freshness: 59%
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© 2005, The New York Times3/7/5 ( No. 20,208 )
Across
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Look at, as stars : GAZE
5
Artist's suffix with land or sea : SCAPE
10
Tortoiselike : SLOW
14
"___ Around" (#1 Beach Boys hit) : IGET
15
Breaking a bad one is good : HABIT
16
El ___, Tex. : PASO
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___-a-brac : BRIC
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Big kitchen appliance maker : AMANA
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Eight, in Spain : OCHO
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Wife of King David : BATHSHEBA
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Prepare to pop the question : KNEEL
23
Nova Scotia clock setting: Abbr. : AST
24
June 14 : FLAGDAY
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Hamburger meat : PATTY
30
Peter who was a seven-time Oscar nominee : OTOOLE
32
Last full month of summer : AUGUST
34
Departure's opposite: Abbr. : ARR
35
Penny : CENT
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Cheater's aid : CRIB
40
Yellowish shade : OCHER
42
Asian nurse : AMAH
43
President before Wilson : TAFT
44
Australian hopper, for short : ROO
45
Igloo dweller : ESKIMO
47
"To be or not to be" soliloquist : HAMLET
50
Woman of "Troy" : HELEN
51
One taking flight : REFUGEE
54
That, in Tijuana : ESO
56
Scent : AROMA
57
"Days of Our Lives," for one : SOAPOPERA
63
"The World According to ___" : GARP
64
Ne plus ___ : ULTRA
65
Slightly : ATAD
66
Feminine suffix : ETTE
67
Full ... and happy about it : SATED
68
Mideast's ___ Strip : GAZA
69
Active one : DOER
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Cursed : SWORE
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School before middle school: Abbr. : ELEM
Down
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Any of the Bee Gees : GIBB
2
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
3
Time, in Mannheim : ZEIT
4
Work on glass, say : ETCH
5
Former Iranian leaders : SHAHS
6
Awoke : CAMETO
7
Basic rhyme scheme : ABAB
8
"H.M.S. ___" : PINAFORE
9
Third letter after delta : ETA
10
Light dessert : SPONGECAKE
11
Donned skates, e.g., with "up" : LACED
12
Actor Milo : OSHEA
13
Sheeplike : WOOLY
21
Declares : SAYS
22
___ Kan (pet food) : KAL
25
Peter who played Mr. Moto : LORRE
26
Agreement : PACT
27
Atmosphere : AURA
28
End-of-week cry : TGIF
29
Noisy public speaker : TUBTHUMPER
31
California/Nevada lake : TAHOE
33
Singer nicknamed the Velvet Fog : TORME
36
Oscar winner Jannings : EMIL
37
Partner of rank and serial number : NAME
38
Ending with tele- : THON
41
Side dish at KFC : COLESLAW
46
"Scram!" : SHOO
48
Old Turkish title : AGA
49
Ripper : TEARER
51
Ran amok : RAGED
52
Poetry Muse : ERATO
53
Talent : FORTE
55
Ditchdigger's tool : SPADE
58
Director Preminger : OTTO
59
Newspaper unit : PAGE
60
And others, in footnotes : ETAL
61
Completely demolish : RAZE
62
One who raised Cain : ADAM
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Inits. in Navy ship names : USS

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